Curtain rod



July 6, 1926. 1,591,209 l J.'H. BOYE Filed septI 2o, 1924 Illu' Y at itsend kportion hugs the coupling ineinber with ainple friction to preventeasy or.

accidental displacement, but under a sufficient pullv thecouplings Ymaybe withdrawn fronorthe rods.

For siinpli'cityand Veccnoiny'n the hinge Y leaves ll and l are inade ofuni'lorin size;v and where telescoping rodsections and 13"are'einployed, in order vtogiverbcthgends ot the intermediate section l2of the rod the saine cross-section as. the inner ends` oft the.

.rods 13, the inner. and sinaller telescoping nieinber l2 oi' therod l2is at its outer end preferably enlargedato the diameter oli the .outerrod section, as shownat 123,. so that Vthe proximate ends'olf the tworods united bythe coupling. nieniber aref-of' the saine diameter.Manitestly, however, it desired,

the parts l2. land 12a inay be forinedv as separate telescoping rodswhich would give the saine resul-t with a greater nninberl of parts.y 7

lhile I have herein shown a jointed rod having a sinleinterinediatesection it is.

h h 7 l manifest that the described construction perinits theinsertionof two or more joint-k ed sections, if conditions require, in lien ofthe single sectionv l2. herein shown,y v

` The jointed rod. is supported on the vindowy Jtraine by end bracket-s18 'and intermediate brackets 19. The end brackets herein shown areidentical with, those forming theV subject-matter of Letters. Patent No.1,563.,-

82Sgranted to nie on Vthe lsjcday of Deceni-4 ber, 1925, and. theintermediate braclretsyare identical with. those forming theVsubjectniatter of Letters. lPatent lldflfll?,

granted, to nie on the'v lst dayor August, 1922. However, the particularsupporting brazcletis immaterial. t-o. iny present inven-IV tion andany. other suitable brackets inay be used.

It will vbe observed by reference tothe drawings that the 'parallelliinbsot the loop-r shaped hinge nieniber` 16 arev so spaced that Athe.distance between 'their ases is substantialy egual to `the thicknessVoffaY rod section'.k in the inedi-aii vertical planeetE the rodsectionl adjacent theretd the above described,Y

structural te-ature enables the sectionsl of thev rod. to be foldedflatxnpon each other in the inanner indicated in ,Fig 7.

inceV the vaxis of. each pintle lies.v

claiinl. As a newv article of manufacture, a flexible curtain rod forbay Ywindows coinprising a plurality of hollowrilat rod sections, andiexible coii'plings connecting adjacent ends of adjacent sections, eachor said couplings comprising a pair of hinge leaves telescopicallyengaged within adjacent ends of adjacent sections under a friction'litjand parallel limbs orining pintles 'for said hinge. leaves, saidloop-shaped. ineinber being of` a width suoli that the axes of saidhinge .pinnk tles are spacedv a distance substantially eqnal to thethickness ota. rod sectioin whereby nally tapered hingeleavestelescopioally en- Y gaged with adjacent ends oit adjacent .rod sectionsunder an expanding frictionjiit,.aiid

a double pintle` hinge ineinber connectingV adjacent ends of said; hingeleaves Y 3. As a new article of Y'manufacture, a flexible curtainl rodfor bay windows coinprising a Vplurality. of hollowfla-.trcd se0- tions,and flexible Vcouplings.: connecting ad.

jacent ends of adjacent sections, each of'said couplings comprising apair ot transversely tapered hollowv hinge leaves teleScODically engagedwithin adjacent end's'oit adjacent rod sections Vunder an expandingfriction *1r-it, and a double pintle hinggge ineniber connectingadjacent ends of; said'hinge leaves.'-

4. yAls a new article otmanntacture, av

Flexible curtain rod for bay windows coinprising a plurality "of hollowflat rodk sec tions, and flexible Vcouplings connecting ad.-

jacent ends of adjacent sections, each of SlfdV couplings comprising a,pair of longitudinally and transversely-tapered hollow hinge leavestelescopically engaged within. adjacent ends of adjacent rod sections.under an. en? panding friction. fit, and a double pintle hinge ineniberconnecting adjacent ends of said hinge leaves. y

" JAMES n. Bore..

la loop-shaped hinge nieniber tornied with

